Letters to the Editor
Wearing masks and getting vaccinated essential to reducing spread of COVID in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on August 6th, 2021
Editor: Minister Shandro and Premier Kenney have declared COVID “crushed” and the curtain will soon descend on any restrictions whatsoever. Our mask mandates have long been consigned to the trash heap of history and MOH Dr. HInshaw advises that any previous preventative measures will now be voluntary even as once again, cases are beginning to ... Read More »
8 responsesKenney needs to reconsider medical staff wage cuts
By Letter to the Editor on August 6th, 2021
Editor: In February and March of this year, I was hospitalized with COVID-19. I spent a week in the ICU and experienced short term paralysis on my right side. Had it now been for the caring and competent attention I received from the medial staff, I could easily have died. Recently, the Alberta government wanted ... Read More »
3 responsesCrowsnest Pass can’t survive on tourism
By Letter to the Editor on August 5th, 2021
Editor: I am writing in support of the clean coal initiative for Alberta, specifically the Riversdale Grassy Mountain project in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. Alberta is a resource province and this area of Alberta is a great source of metallurgical coal needed in the production of steel. The world needs steel. Wouldn’t it be better ... Read More »
9 responsesIt’s time to end equalization payments to provinces
By Letter to the Editor on August 5th, 2021
Editor: The upcoming vote on scrapping equalization is critically important, as it could be key to changing how Alberta is treated in Confederation. A “yes” vote would force every province to look into equalization and hold their own vote. If 7/10 voted “yes,” it would be removed from the constitution. Even if we lost, the ... Read More »
22 responsesResponse to COVID by premier a cause for despair
By Letter to the Editor on August 4th, 2021
Editor: Well, we were doing pretty good. After an exceedingly rocky year or so Albertans were getting their shots, the infection rate was dropping and, aside from the apparently uneducable residue of ultra con, conspiracy theorists, paranoiacs, and the chronically delusional, people were beginning to see bit of daylight. Then variants showed up and began ... Read More »
26 responsesWe need to welcome our Afghan comrades-in-arms
By Letter to the Editor on August 4th, 2021
Editor: It is time for Canada to invoke the name of St. Jude: the patron saint of the lost causes. Â In a recent issue, The British weekly Economist diagnosed that the coalition lost the war in Afghanistan and the Taliban will soon retake control of the country. Foreign troops are already moving out after 20 ... Read More »
4 responsesYounger generation of voters gives hope to the planet
By Letter to the Editor on August 4th, 2021
Editor: Clearly there has been discouragingly insufficient political courage and will to properly act upon the cause-and-effect of manmade global warming and climate change. ‘ Liberals’ and ‘conservatives’ (etcetera) are overly preoccupied with vociferously criticizing one another for their politics and beliefs thus diverting attention away from the greatest polluters’ moral and ethical corruption, where ... Read More »
6 responsesStronger laws needed in fight against drug crime
By Lethbridge Herald on July 30th, 2021
Editor: One youth lost two bikes from his backyard in 12 months. Another youth lost a locked bike from a food outlet. A nine-year-old child saw a male exiting their backyard on a clear afternoon and later found his wagon with items from their shed abandoned down the lane. Why do these thieves need the ... Read More »
10 responsesEducation minister needs to listen to Alberta parents
By Letter to the Editor on July 28th, 2021
Editor: How about Jason Kenney’s idea to disenfranchise some taxpayers and just let the constituents who are currently policed by the RCMP vote on whether to keep the RCMP? By that logic, only parents would have a say on whether to proceed with the 2021 Draft Curriculum. Instead, Minister LaGrange is trying to silence and ... Read More »
2 responsesResidential school victims all had names
By Letter to the Editor on July 28th, 2021
Editor: Statues of dead white people are falling down and some people say “You can not cancel history.” I agree. History must not be forgotten. Every historical figure should be remembered. But the question is who should be honoured? Some must not be forgotten but without honour. Hitler must never be forgotten but never honoured. The problem is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eat seaweed, not animals to reduce emissions
By Letter to the Editor on July 22nd, 2021
Editor: Re: “Sustainability, stock, and seaweed: changing cattle feed to combat climate change” (July 19). The seaweed isn’t always greener. We don’t need to resort to desperate measures like feeding cows seaweed-an unnatural food for grazing land-dwellers-in order to reduce methane emissions. The answer is already in front of us: Just don’t eat animals. According ... Read More »
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